No Longer Forgotten: The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 147584607X ISBN 13: 9781475846072

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2018

Synopsis

The lion’s share of writing about education improvement for the past two decades has focused on improving urban schools. Given the yawning gaps between the low-income and minority students that populate those schools and their suburban counterparts, this makes a great deal of sense. Unfortunately, this focus has neglected the tens of millions of students who attend schools in rural areas. Many of the issues that they face, from the impact of the opioid epidemic to deindustrialization to a lack of infrastructure, take on a unique character in rural schools. And many of the reforms that have proven so successful in urban areas do not translate so easily to rural contexts. This volume looks at both the macro-factors affecting rural schools (like deindustrialization and the opioid crisis) as well as the specific steps rural schools have taken and can take to improve.

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About the Author

Michael Q. McShane is director of national research at EdChoice. He is also an adjunct scholar in education policy at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute.

Andy Smarick is director of the civil society, education and work program at the R Street Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147584607X
• ISBN 13: 9781475846072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 177
• Editor: Mcshane Michael Q., Smarick Andy